What does the symbol of the 2022 Winter Olympics mean?

The emblem of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is called "Winter Dream" and the emblem of the Winter Paralympics is called "Leap". The writer is Lin Cunzhen, an associate professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Inspired by the Chinese character "Winter", the emblem of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics uses the artistic form of China's calligraphy to integrate the rich oriental cultural heritage with the international modern style.

It presents a new image and dream of China in the new era, and conveys the unremitting efforts and beautiful pursuit of China in the new era to run the Beijing Winter Olympics well, realize the goal of "300 million people participating in ice and snow sports", realize the dream of becoming a sports power, promote the development of world ice and snow sports and make new contributions to the international Olympic movement.

This is the 24th Winter Olympic Games, which is jointly held in Beijing and Zhangjiakou, People's Republic of China (PRC). This is the first time in the history of China to host the Winter Olympics. Beijing and Zhangjiakou are both host cities, and it is also the third Olympic Games held in China after Beijing Olympic Games and Nanjing Youth Olympic Games.

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The meaning of the emblem: the upper part of the emblem shows the shape of the skater, and the lower part shows the heroic attitude of the skier. The dance lines in the middle are smooth and rhythmic, representing the rolling hills, stadiums, snow slides and festive ribbons in the venue, adding a festive visual feeling to the emblem and symbolizing that the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held during the Spring Festival in China.

The emblem is dominated by blue, symbolizing dreams and the future, and also symbolizing the brightness and purity of ice and snow. Red and yellow are derived from the national flag of China, representing the passion, youth and vitality of sports.

In the form of "Beijing 2022" font, it absorbs the characteristics of China's calligraphy and paper-cutting, enhances the cultural connotation and expressive force of the font, and also embodies the sense of integrity and unity with the emblem graphics.

Reference materials? Baidu encyclopedia-winter dream